All news on the topic: Missing persons

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Man who found missing dad wrapped in carpet could 'smell something rotting'
Dad-of-five Nathan Millard, from Georgia, US, went missing while on a 24-hour business trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on February 23. He was last spotted leaving an Irish pub
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Devastated sister hits out at police over delay before 3 bodies found in car
A police watchdog has launched an investigation into two Welsh forces' responses to missing persons reports, amid allegations they did not take matters seriously
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Missing girl case reopens after 30 years amid new claims she's held on island
Angela Celentano, a 30-year-old case of a missing Italian girl has reopened. Angela went missing at the age of three when she was on a family trip to Mount Faito, near Castellammare di Stabia
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Cops release timeline and new details of triple-fatal smash after 2-day search
Friends Sophie Russon, 20, Eve Smith, 21, and Darcy Ross, 21, all from Newport, had been on a night out at the Muffler bar and club in Maesglas, Newport, on Friday evening before they are thought to have headed to Trecco Bay in Porthcawl
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Mum of missing teen dies without finding out what happened to daughter
The mum of Nicola Payne, who went missing in Coventry in 1991, has passed away without ever finding out what happened to her daughter. Marilyn Payne died at the age of 77, her family has confirmed
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Hundreds attend vigil for crash victims as cops slammed over handling of search
Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, died in the accident while Sophie Russon, 20, and Shane Loughlin, 32, survived but remain in a critical condition, according to police
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Heartbreaking' report says missing black kids less likely to be found by police
Damning research conducted by the charity - Missing People suggests that cases involving Black children who have disappeared are less likely to be solved by police
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Body found in search for twin brothers, 13, who vanished swimming off pier
Twin brothers Josue and Jefferson Perez, from Texas, US, were playing in the sea near the Pleasure Pier in Galveston when they suddenly went missing on Sunday afternoon
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Wife finds her husband's mummified corpse eight months after he went missing
Richard Maedge, 53, from Illinois, US, was reported missing back in April 27 last year after his concerned wife Jennifer came back to their family home and couldn't find him
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Americans kidnapped at gunpoint during Mexico trip were there for tummy tuck
Latavia 'Tay' McGee had crossed into Mexico on Friday in a white minivan when she and her friends came under fire. A gang of suspected cartel gunmen then dragged them into a pick up in Matamoros
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Mum says 'my daughter lay in wreckage calling for help' after crash kills 3 pals
Sophie Russon, 20, remains in a critical condition in hospital after suffering a bleed on the brain and fractures to her neck, spine, and face in the crash, which killed three others
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Mum's fury at police after daughter trapped in car for 2 days with 3 dead pals
Anna Certowicz has told how she desperately drove around South Wales searching for her daughter, Sophie Russon, after police allegedly told her to "stop calling"
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Aerial pictures show exactly where three friends died in horror car crash
Sophie Russon, 20, Eve Smith, 21, and Darcy Ross, 21, were last seen in the early hours of Saturday, alongside Rafel Jeanne, 24, and Shane Loughlin, 32; both from Cardiff
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Mystery as girl, 14, from Ukraine dies after being found unconscious on UK beach
Devon and Cornwall Police officers were called to Dawlish on Saturday night and found a teenager unconscious on the beach. She was airlifted to hospital, where she later died
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Three bodies found in search for five young clubgoers missing after night out
Gwent Police have confirmed three of the five people reported missing after a night out in South Wales have tragically been found dead after a suspected car crash
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Police find human remains in search for grandad who vanished on walk
Grandad Peter Baglin was last seen three days after Christmas, when he told family he was going for a walk along the Bridgewater Canal in the Boothstown area of Manchester
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Missing woman's car 'still at club' where she vanished with two pals
Sophie Russon, Eve Smith and Darcy Ross have not been seen since the early hours of March 4, and have all been reported missing with their families "worried sick"
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Three women missing for two days after night out as family fears grow
Sophie Russon, Eve Smith and Darcy Ross, all from Newport, Wales, were at the Muffler bar and club until the early hours of Saturday morning as their worried family appeal for information
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Mystery of student who went into bar 17 years ago - and was never seen again
Medical student Brian Shaffer, from Ohio, US, went on a bar crawl with his roommate to celebrate the beginning of spring break but it was the last time he was ever seen
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Woman missing since 1992 and declared dead in US is found alive in Puerto Rico
Patricia Kopta went missing from Pittsburgh, in the US, in 1992 aged 52 and police eventually declared her dead after finding no trace of her, but she has now been found alive in Puerto Rico
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Mourners hold pink balloons at moving funeral for murdered 'shining light' Leah
Leah Croucher was 19 when she went missing while walking to work in February 2019, before a three and a half year search led to her body being found in a loft at a property in Loxbeare Drive, Milton Keynes
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Family pleads for toddler abducted from babysitter's home to be returned
The missing toddler had be staying with his great-aunt in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, when he was snatched by another guest. The pair have been spotted since but police are desperate to find them
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Note says neighbour heard 'baby crying' before body of missing mum's child found
A tear-jerking note left has been left at the scene in Brighton near where the tragic discovery was made on Wednesday after Constance Marten and partner Mark Gordon were arrested on Monday
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Tragic baby could have been dead for two weeks before Constance Marten arrested
Former aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested in Brighton, East Sussex, after seven weeks on the run - but were not with their missing baby
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Urgent appeal to find missing girl, 15, who has not been seen in over 24 hours
Taylor was last seen close to a high school and is thought to have links across south Manchester, with officers becoming 'increasingly concerned' for her welfare